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62d Congress, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. jDooxjment 
3d Session. f 1 No. 1105. 



REPORT OF COMMISSIONER FOR MARKING CONFEDERATE 

GRAVES. 
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LETTER 



THE SECRETARY OF WAR, 

TRANSMITl'ING 

FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER APPOINTED TO CONTINUE 
THE WORK OF LOCATING AND MARKING THE GRAVES OF CON- 
FEDERATE DEAD. 



December 9, 1912. — Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be 

printed. 



War Department, 

Washington, December 6, 1912. 
The Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Sm: In accordance with the provisions of the act of Congress 
approved March 9, 1906, I have the honor to transmit herewith, final 
report of the commissioner appointed to continue the work of locating 
and marking the graves of Confederate dead. 
Very respectfully, 

H. L. Stimson, Secretary of War. 



War Department, 
Office of the Commissioner for 
Marking Graves of Confederate Dead, 

Washington, D. C, October 28, 1912. 
The Secretary of W^ar. 

Sir: As commissioner appointed to continue the work of locating 
and marking the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederate 
Army and Navy who died in Federal prisons and military hospitals 
in the North and were buried near their places of confinement, I have 
the honor to submit this as tlie report requned by the act of Congress 
approved Alarch 9, 1906, and continued in full force and effect by 
subsequent joint resolutions of Congress, the last of which expires 
December 23, 1912. 



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LEGISLATION. 

The legislation in connection with this work consists of the act of 
Congress approved March 9, 1906 (34 Stat. L., 56), as follows: 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America 
in Congress assewhled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and 
directed to ascertain the locations and condition of all the graves of the soldiers and 
sailors of the Confederate Army and Navy in the late Civil War, eighteen hundred and 
eixty-one to eighteen hundred and sixty-five, who died iu Federal prisons and mili- 
tary hospitals in the North and who were buried near their places of confinement; 
with power in his discretion to acquire possession or control over all grounds where 
said prison dead are buried not now possessed or under the control of the United 
States Government; to cause to be prepared accurate registers in triplicate, one for 
the superintendent's office in the cemetery, one for the Quartermaster General's Office, 
and one for the War Record's Office, Confederate archives, of the places of burial, the 
number of the grave, the name, company, regiment, or vessel and Slate, of each Con- 
federate soldier and sailor who so died, by verification with the Confederate archives 
in the War Department at Washington, District of Columbia; to cause to be erected 
over said graves white marble headstones similar to those recently placed over the 
graves in the "Confederate section" in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, 
similarly inscribed; to build proper fencing for the preservation of said burial grounds, 
and to care for said burial grounds in all proper respects now herein specifically men- 
tioned, the said work to be completed within two years, at the end of which a report 
of the same shall be made to Congress. 

That for the carrying out of the ol)jects set forth herein there be appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum 
of two hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. 

And the Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to appoint some compe- 
tent person as commissioner to ascertain the location of such Confederate graves not 
heretofore located, and to compare the names of those already marked with the regis- 
ters in the cemeteries, and correct the same when found necessary, as preliminary to 
the work of marking the graves with suitable headstones, and to fix the compensation 
of said commissioner at the rate not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars per 
annum, who shall be allowed necessary traveling expenses. 

The time limit of the above act was extended for two years by joint 
resolution approved February 26, 1908 (35 Stat. L., 567), as follows: 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 
Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act to provide for the appropriate mark- 
ing of the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederate Army and Navy who died 
in northern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died, and for other 
purposes," approved March ninth, nineteen hundred and six, be, and the same is 
hereby, continued in full force and effect for two years from this date: Provided, That 
the provisions of said act shall not be construed to apply to the Confederate Mound in 
Oakwood Cemetery at Chicago: And provided further, That the compensation of the 
commissioner shall be fixed by the Secretary of War. 

And was again extended for one year by joint resolution approved 
February 25, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 875), as follows: 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in 
Congress assembled, That the act entitled "An act to provide for the appropriate mark- 
ing of the graves of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederate Army and Navy who died 
in northern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died, and for other 
purposes," approved March ninth, nineteen hundred and six, and continued in full 
force and effect for two years by a joint resolution approved February twenty-sixth, 
nineteen hundred and eight, be, and the same is hereby, continued in full force and 
effect for one year from this date: Provided, That said act shall not be construed to 
apply to the Confederate Mound in Oakwood Cemetery at Chicago: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of War may cause to be erected at the head of each grave of a citizen 
or civilian prisoner of war who was buried among the soldiers a headstone of the size 
and dimensions of those placed at the head of the soldiers' graves, but containing no 
inscription except the number of the grave, the name of the occupant, and the word 
"citizen" or "civilian" placed thereon, and at an expense for each no greater than 
that for each soldier: And provided further, That the compensation of the commissioner 
shall be fixed by the Secretary of War. 



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By joint resolution approved Juno 11, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 882), the 
V^ act was made to apply to tlie Confederate Mound in Oakwood 
4 Cemetery, Chicago, 111., as follows: 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That the act' entitled "An act to provide for the appropriate 
marking of the graves of the soldiers and sailors of tlie Confederate Army and Navy 
who died in northern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died, and 
for other purposes," approved March ninth, nineteen hundred and six, as heretofore 
continued in full force and effect, shall hereafter be construed to apply to the Confed- 
erate mound in Oakwood Cemetery, at Chicago, anything in joint resolutions hereto- 
fore passed by Congress to the contrary notwithstanding. 

The joint resolution approved December 23, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 
1453), extended the act two years more, and also amended it with 
respect to the manner of marking the unidentified graves, as follows: 

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America 
in Congress assembled. That the act entitled "An act to provide for the appropriate 
marking of the graves of the soktiers and sailors of the Confederate Army and Navy 
who died in northern prisons and were buried near the prisons where they died, and 
for other purposes," approved March ninth, nineteen hundred and six, and continued 
in full force and effect for two years by joint resolution approved February twenty- 
sixth, nineteen hundred and eight, and for the additional period of one year by a joint 
resolution approved on February twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, be, and the 
eame is hereby, continued in full foi-ce and effect for two years from this date: Provided, 
That where it has been, or shall hereafter be, found impossible to identify the indi- 
vidual bm-ial places of Confederate prisoners of war, the Secretary of War is hereby 
authorized to cause to be erected central masonry constructions, or monuments, upon 
which bronze tablets shall be placed containing the names of the deceased prisoners 
of war who are buried in its immediate vicinity; and where contracts have been en- 
tered into for the erection of such central masonry constructions, or monuments, and 
have been executed in good faith, the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to cause 
the necessary payments to be made in liquidation of such obligations. 

The limit of two years in the act evidently was placed there to guard 
against the office of commissioner being made permanent; and the 
necessity for the subsequent extensions was occasioned by reason of 
the uncertainty which existed as to the work still remaining to be 
done at the time the extensions were made, 

COMMISSIONERS. 

It will be observed that the act provided for only one commissioner, 
and that office was filled by Col. William EUiott, of South Carolina, 
from March 16, 1906, to the date of his death, December 4, 1907. 
Gen. William C. Gates, of Alabama, was then appointed to fill the 
vacancy, and his term of office extended from December 15, 1907, to 
the date of his death, September 9, 1910. The commissionership 
was vacant then until October 17, 1910, when I took office. 

GENERAL OPERATIONS. 

Under this heading the report of operations will deal with the 
cemeteries in the different States, not in the order of the performance 
of the work in connection therewith but by grouping the cemeteries 
in each State and taking up each State in geographical order, begin- 
ning with Massachusetts on the east and proceeding in a westerly 
direction. 



4 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER F(5R MARKING CONFEDERATE GRAVES. 

MASSACHUSETTS, 

In this State the Confederates were confined at Fort Warren, Bos- 
ton Harbor, and the records show that 13 died, of which number 1 
was a citizen. The remains of 2 of this number were dehvered to 
relatives or friends and the others buried on the west side of 
the island. Reinterment of these latter remains was made in the 
new post cemetery at Fort Winthrop, Mass., April 20, 1891, and in 
1908 they were removed from Fort Winthrop to the military ceme- 
tery on Deer Island, Boston Harbor. 

I'he graves could not be identified, except in one instance — a marble 
slab having been erected thereto shortly after burial. 

No expenditures other than traveling expenses were incurred in 
connection with this cemetery. 

RHODE ISLAND. 

One Confederate prisoner of war died at Providence, R. I., but his 
remains were later removed to Cypress Hills National Cemetery, 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 

NEW YORK. 

In this State the Confederate prisoners of war dead were found to 
have been buried in the Cypress Hills National Cemetery, Brooklyn; 
in the church graveyard at Barryville; and in Woodlawn National 
Cemetery at Elmira. 

CYPRESS HILLS NATIONAL CEMETERY, BROOKLYN. 

Confederates were confined at a number of stations in New York 
Harbor, but the remains of the deceased not taken by friends are all 
supposed to have been removed to this cemetery, either as known or 
unknown dead. The register for this cemetery shows 510 known and 

5 unknown, as follows: Cypress Hills National Cemetery, 482 sol- 
diers, 1 citizen, and 8 removed; in addition to which 24 were not 
located, but were reported as having died at the following places: 
Harts Island, 8 ; Davids Island, 1 ; Fort Lafayette, 2 ; Fort Colum- 
bus, 12; and Willetts Point, 1. 

Substantial headstones were found at the graves in the national 
cemetery, and by adding the requisite inscriptions they were deemed 
satisfactory markers. Several of the headstones were broken, how- 
ever, and these were replaced with new ones. 

The expenditures under this office in connection with this cemetery 
amount to .S361.30. 

BARRYVILLE CEMETERY. 

Two Confederate soldiers died at this place after the railroad acci- 
dent near Shohola, Pa., they having been wounded and brought here 
for treatment. Their remains were not removed to Elmira, however, 
as were the remains of those who were killed and buried near the scene 
of the -accident. A marker has been placed at their graves in this 
cemetery, and the expenditures in connection therewith amount 
to .S8.97. 



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WOODLAWN NATIONAL CEMETEUY, ELMIRA. 

The dead from the mihtary prison at Elmira were buried in Wood- 
lawn Cemetery (afterwards made a national cemetery), and a head- 
board placed over each interment. Subsequently these headboards 
were destroyed, but before doing so an accurate plat was made by 
the Quartermaster's Department, showing the location of each grave, 
and it was by the aid of this plat that each grave was located by the 
commissioner and individual' headstones erected to each. 

In connection with the railroad accident near Shohola, Pa., 49 
Confederate soldiers en route to the military prison at Elmira, N. Y., 
together with 17 of their guard, were, on July 15, 1864, killed and 
their remains buried near the scene of the accident. Shortly there- 
after an officer was sent from Elmira to remove these remains, but, 
finding them in a different State to that which issued his orders, he 
returned without them, and no apparent attention seems to have 
been paid to tlieso graves until discovered b}" the commissioner. 

It was not practicable to establish a cemetery where the remains 
were found, and it was then determined that they be removed to 
Elmira and reinterred in Woodlawn National Cemetery, which was 
done by the Quartermaster's Department in 1911; and as the indi- 
vidual graves of these particular dead could not be identified, a 
central structure or monument of granite was erected at the place 
of reburial, on which was placed a bronze tablet showing the names 
and commands of each of the Confederate dead whose remains were 
thus removed. The Quartermaster's Department also placed thereon 
a bronze tablet showing the names of the guard, whose remains were 
buried with the Confederates and could not be distinguished. 

Tlie register for this cemetery shows 3,015 known and 7 unknown, 
of which number 49 were reinterred from Shohola, 2 removed from 
Elmira, and 24 were citizens. 

ITie expenditures under this office in connection with the Confed- 
erate dead amount to $12,623.09. 

NEW JERSEY. 

FINNS POINT NATIONAL CEMETERY, NEAR SALEM. 

This is the only place in this State where deceased Confederate 
prisoners of war were found to have been buried, the cemetery hav- 
ing been established as a burial place for those Confederate prisoners 
who died while being confined in the military prison and hospital at 
Fort Delaware, on Pea Patch Island in the Delaware River. 

It was not possible to identify the individual graves of the Confed- 
erate dead in this cemetery in order that individual headstones might 
be placed at the head of each grave, but a central structure or monu- 
ment was erected instead. This structure was built out of reenforced 
concrete with. Pennsylvania white granite facing, and stands about 
85 feet high. Around the base of this monument are eight bronze 
tablets, with concrete foundations, on which appear the names and 
commands of the 2,436 Confederate soldiers reported as having been 
buried in this cemetery. 

The register for this cemetery shows 2,475 names, as follows: 
Soldiers, 2,436; citizens, 36; and soldiers removed, 3. 

The expenditures under this office m connection with the Confed- 
erate dead amount to $8,502. 



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PENNSYLVANIA. 

In this State the Confederate prisoners of war dead were found to 
have been buried in a number of cemeteries at Philadelphia; in the 
rural cemetery at Chester; in the city cemetery at Harrisburg; at 
Chambersburg ; in Alleghany Cemetery at Pittsburgh; at Shohola^ 
and at Gettysburg. 

CHESTER RURAL CEMETERY. 

The Confederate dead originally buried in this cemetery were sub- 
sequently removed to the national cemetery, Pittville, Philadelphia. 

PHILADELPHIA NATIONAL CEMETERY, PITTVLLLE. 

Those Confederate dead now buried in this cemetery were originally 
buried in the rural cemetery at Chester; in Glenwood Cemetery, 
Philadelphia, and in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Philadelphia. 

Thus from Chester and from Glenwood Cemetery were reinterred 
in the* Confederate section, and their graves were not capable of 
identification. 

There is one Confederate grave, however, still in Glenwood Ceme- 
tery, and this has been marked by a headstone furnished through 
this office. 

The Confederate dead from the Odd Fellows' Cemetery were rein- 
terred in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery section of the national cemetery 
and individual headstones were placed at the head of each grave by 
the Quartermaster's Department prior to this legislation. The only 
thing necessary then was to make the inscriptions on these head- 
stones conform to the requirements of the law, and this has been done. 

As to the unidentified graves in the C^onfederate section, a granite 
monument or marker was erected to them, on which were placed 
bronze tablets showing the names and commands of the soldier dead 
buried in this section. 

There are also two Confederate graves in the Soldiers' Rest in Mount 
Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, which is also under the supervision 
of the superintendent of the Philadelphia National Cemetery. These 
graves had been marked with headstones by the Quartermaster's 
Department at an earlier date, and the inscriptions on the headstones 
have also been changed. 

The register for Philadelphia shows 208 known and 4 unknown, as 
follows: Confederate section, 180 soldiers and 4 unknown; Odd Fel- 
lows' section, 8 ; Glenwood Cemetery, 1 ; Mount Moriah Cemetery, 2 ; 
removed, 14; citizens, 3. 

The expenditures under this office in connection with these ceme- 
teries at Philadelphia amount to $1,011.21, 

CITY CEMETERY, HARRISBURG. 

The Confederate dead in this cemetery are buried among the 
Federal dead, in a lot owned by the State of Penns^^lvania, and while 
the lot receives some attention, it is not cared for as well as other 
portions of this cemetery. 

The register shows the names of 13 Confederate dead, whose graves 
were located, and headstones placed thereat. 

The expenditures under this office in connection with these head- 
stones amount to S54.34. 



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CHAMBERSBURG. 

The records of tlie War Department show that 1 Confederate soldier 
died at this place as a prisoner of war, but nothing could bo ascertained 
as to the whereabouts of liis grave. 

ALI3GHANY CEMETERY, PITTSBURGH. 

The remains of 15 (Confederate dead were originally buried in the 
"Strangers' ground" in this cemetery. Subsequent thereto removal 
was made to the Government lot within the same cemetery of such 
remains as could be found, and the graves marked by the Quarter- 
master's Department. 

There were no expenditures under this office in connection with this 
cemetery. 

SHOHOLA. 

The dead buried near this place are referred to in connection with 
Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, N. Y. Also Barryville, N, Y. 

GETTYSBURG. 

No graves of Confederate dead were located by the commissioner 
at this place, having been informed that early in the seventies the 
memorial associations of several of the States in the South had all the 
remains of Confederate soldiers removed from Gettysburg — those 
from North Carolina having been removed to Raleigh; from South 
Carolina, to Charleston, and there reinterred in Magnolia Cemetery; 
from Georgia, to Savannah, and there reinterred in Laurel Grove 
Cemetery; while those from the other States seem all to have been 
taken to Richmond, Va., and there reinterred in Hollywood Cemetery. 

No register of these dead was compiled in this office for the reason 
that the records in the War Department were not complete with 
respect to the Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war, and 
it was impracticable to compile it from the records of reinterrments, 
because battlefield dead, as well as prisoners of war dead, were 
included in the number removed. Persons seeking information 
regarding these dead are respectfully referred to the several cemeteries 
named herein. 

DELAWARE. 

FORT DELAWARE. 

The remains of all Confederate prisoners of war who died at Fort 
Delaware on Pea Patch Island were removed, either at the time 
of death or shortly thereafter, to the Jersey shore and buried in 
what is now the Finns Point National Cemetery. 

MARYLAND, 

The Confederates who died as prisoners of war in this State were 
found to have been buried in the post cemetery at Fort McHenry; 
in Loudon Park Cemetery and in Loudon Park National Cemetery, 
Baltimore; in the national cemetery at Annapolis; in the Confed- 
erate Cemetery at Point Lookout; in Mount Olivet Cemetery at 
Frederick; and in Rose Hill Cemetery at Cumberland. 



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FORT m'hENRY and BALTIMORE. 

The Confederate dead originally buried in the post cemetery at 
Fort McHenry were subsequently removed, three of those capable 
of identification having been reinterred in the Confederate lot in 
Loudon Park Cemetery, and one removed to Richmond, while the 
unidentified were buried in the Fort McHenry section of Loudon 
Park National Cemetery with the remains of deceased Federal 
soldiers, also originally buried at the fort. 

The records showed that 29 Confederate soldiers who died at 
Fort McHenry were still unidentified, and a granite marker to this 
number has been placed in the Fort McHenry section above referred 
to, on which has been placed a bronze tablet showing the names 
and commands of these 29 Confederate soldiers, together with an 
appropriate inscription in reference thereto. 

It was not ascertained where, in Baltimore, the burial of deceased 
Confederate prisoners of war was originally made, but the majority 
of their remains now rest in what is known as the ''Confederate 
lot" in Loudon Park Cemetery. Their graves had also been marked 
and the lot inclosed with a stone coping through the efforts of the 
Confederate associations in Baltimore, under whose ownership and 
control the same is maintained. 

It was also discovered that there are 3 graves of deceased Confed- 
erate prisoners of war in Loudon Park National Cemetery in addition 
to those in the Fort McHenry section. Headstones were also found 
at these gra^-es, and the inscriptions on same have been made to 
conform to the law. 

The register for Baltimore shows 251 knowm and 5 unknown, as 
follows: Fort McHenry section, Loudon Park National Cemetery, 29 
soldiers and 4 citizens; Loudon Park National Cemetery, 3; Con- 
federate lot, Loudon Park Cemetery, 203; removed, 1; not located, 
16. This latter item represents those reported as having died at 
Baltimore but not located in the Confederate lot. Their remains 
were either removed by friends or are included in the list of unknown. 

The expenditures under this office amount to $502.80. 

ANNAPOLIS NATIONAL CEMETERY. 

The register for this cemetery shows that 1 1 Confederate soldiers 
died at Annapolis, and the graves of 10 of these were located in the 
national cemetery, while the other was not located. 

The graves in the national cemetery were all found to have been 
marked with headstones, and the inscriptions on same have been 
changed in accordance with the provisions of the law. 

The expenditures in connection with this work amount to $24.30. 

POINT LOOKOUT CONFEDERATE CEMETERY. 

Originally the remains of Confederates who died while prisoners of 
war at Point Lookout were buried in two separate cemeteries near 
where the prison camp stood. The land in general round about this 
camp was rather low, and somewhat marshy m consequence, and not 
well adapted for cemeterial purposes. The Legislature of the State 
of Maryland early in the seventies passed an act providing for the 
removal of these remains and their reinterment in a mound about a 
mile inland. 



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The graves in the original cemeteries seem all to have been marked 
with wooden headboards, but several years after the last burial a fire 
ran through these cemeteries and burned up the only means of 
identifying the individual graves, and it was on this account that the 
remains were all reburied in one common grave or mound. 

Before this fire, however, it seems that a number of the remains 
were taken home by relatives or friends, but no records were available 
showing the exact number thus removed. 

The State of Maryland, in addition to the removal, erected a small 
white marble monument at the new grave or mound, inclosed the 
same with a neat iron fence, and built a wooden fence around the 
cemetery proper. 

The area of this new cemetery is about 1 acre. 

There was also a provision in the act of the Maryland Legislature 
that title to this new cemetery should be vested in the State, but it 
does not appear that formal conveyance of the same was ever made. 

Of late years there seems to have been no special care taken of this 
cemetery, and a request was made to the commissioner to have the 
United States care for these dead in the same manner as was being 
done at other places; and for this purpose the Maryland Legislature 
in 1910 again passed an act relinquishing to the United States all 
right, title, and interest in the same, with the understanding that the 
United States provide for its future care and maintenance. 

Conveyance of this acre of ground was also made to the United 
States by James Hall and wife, in whom the legal title to the same was 
found to vest. Title to the other cemeteries had already been vested 
in the United States. 

The only method that could be pursued in the marking of this 
grave of unidentified remains was by the means of a central structure, 
and as tlie small monument erected by the State of Maryland was not 
adapted to the style of marking as adopted by the War Department 
in connection with this work, it was replaced by a granite monument 
of reenforced concrete construction, about 85 feet high, with 4 bronze 
tablets on the base thereof, and 8 additional bronze tablets with 
concrete foundation around the base of the monument, on which 12 
tablets appear the names and commands of 3,383 known and 1 
unknown ('onfederate soldiers. A bronze tablet sliowin<^ the pur- 
pose of the monument and that it was erected by tlie United States 
is also attached to it. 

The wooden fence inclosing the cemetery has been replaced with a 
wrouglit-hon fence and double-gate entrance. 

A certain amount of draining and grading was necessary in con- 
nection with the cemetery, which has been done, as well as the ceme- 
tery seeded in grass. 

There was considerable doubt as to the best method to be pursued 
in disposing of the small monument erected by the State of Maryland, 
but it was finally determined to reerect it at the site where the remains 
were originally interred, which was done and the same inclosed by 
tlie small iron fence tliat inclosed it in the new cemetery. 

The register for this cemetery sliows 3,429 known and 1 unknown, 
as follows: Soldiers, 3,385; unknown, 1; citizens, 44. 

The expenditures in connection with this work amount to 
$22,111.06. 



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MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY, FREDERICK. 

The graves of the Confederate dead are on the west side of the 
cemetery, in a separate section, which is owned and controlled by 
the Confederate associations in Frederick, who also had the graves 
marked with individual headstones. 

The remains of a number of Confederate soldiers who fell in battle 
near Frederick were also brought to this cemetery for reburial with 
those who died while prisoners of war, and a monument to their 
memory was erected by the Confederate associations in addition to 
the headstones. 

The register, exclusive of the number marked by the monument, 
shows the names of 282 soldiers and 29 unknown, whose graves are 
marked individually, together with the names of 6 soldiers whose 
graves were not located. 

There were no expenditures in connection with tliis cemetery. 

ROSE HILL CEMETERY, CUMBERLAND. 

The remains of 6 deceased Confederate prisoners of war buried in 
the Confederate lot in this cemetery were originally buried in the hos- 
pital cemetery at Clarysville, this State, and subsequently removed 
to this lot through the efforts of the Confederate Veterans' Associa- 
tion at Cumberland. 

These remains were first inclosed in this cemetery in a brick vault, 
but tliis has been removed and the remains interred on the lot. It 
was not possible to identify the individual remains, and a small 
marble marker was ordered to mark their last resting place. This, 
however, was broken in transit, and before it was replaced the ladies 
at Cumberland collected funds and erected a monument instead. 
On this monument this office has placed a bronze tablet showing the 
names and commands of the 6 Confederate soldiers referred to above, 
together with an appropriate general inscription in reference thereto. 

The expenditures under this office amount to $148.52. 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

In the District of Columbia, city of Washington, the remains of 
deceased Confederate prisoners of war were found to have been 
buried in Rock Creek Cemetery; in Mount Olivet Cemetery; in the 
Washington (Congressional) Cemetery; in Harmony Cemetery, and 
in the Soldiers' Home National Cemetery. 

Those buried in the last-named cemetery were, in 1891, removed 
to the Arlingto!! National Cemetery, in Virginia, opposite Washing- 
ton, and there reinterred in the Confederate section of that cemetery 
with the other Confederate dead originally buried there. 

The records of burial at the Arlington National G^meterv also show 
that reburial was made therein of the remains of about 25 Confederate 
soldiers who died while prisoners of war in Washington and were 
buried in Harmony Cemetery, but removed to Arlington in 1867 
with the remains of the Federal dead. 

Up to the time of the establishment of the Arlington National 
Cemetery, in May, 1864, all the remains of Federal and Confederate 
soldiers were buried within the District of Columbia. After that, 
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except such as died from contagious diseases, and these seem to have 
been buried ori;2;inally in Harmony Cemetery; while those who had 
friends in the city, or left a small estate, were buried in Rock Creek 
Cemetery, Mount Olivet Cemetery, or in the Con.2;ressional Oraetery. 

With the removal from the District of Columbia of the remains of 
Confederate soldiers from Harmony Cemetery and from the Soldiers' 
Home National Cemetery, there only remained to be located those 
buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Mount Olivet Cemetery, and Con- 
gressional Cemetery. 

In Rock Creek Cemetery the grave of a Confederate officer was 
located and his grave properly marked. 

In Mount Olivet Cemetery, where it was ascertained that one Con- 
federate soldier was buried, the grave was not definitely located, and 
in consequence no marker was furnished. 

In the Congressional Cemetery, however, the graves of 28 soldiers 
and 2 citizens were located, and these were properly marked with 
marble headstones. 

The total number of deaths of Confederates in the District of Co- 
lumbia seems to have been upward of 400. Subsequent to the burial 
of these Confederate soldiers, the States of Virginia, North Carolina, 
and South Carolina seem to have removed from the Ai'lington 
National Cemetery the dead belonging to organizations from their 
respective States and taken them home for reburial. This reduced 
the number remaining in Arlington very materially, so that when in 
1891, under the act of Congress makhig provision for the reburial 
of the Confederate dead in Arlington, there seem to have been only 
136 remaining, which together with the number removed from the 
Soldiers' Home National Cemetery, 128, made a total of 264 remains 
reinterred in the Confederate section. The remains of another Con- 
federate soldier were located by this office in the last-named cemetery,, 
and these have also been taken to Arlington for reburial. 

Inasmuch as the majority of the remains in the District of Columbia 
had been removed and taken care of, no register has been made by 
this office other than of those still remaining within the District, and 
this shows a total of 33 names, as follows: Rock Creek Cemetery, 1; 
Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1; Congressional Cemetery, soldiers, 28, 
citizens, 2, and 1 removed. 

The expenditures under this office in connection with this work 
amount to S140.10. 

WEST VIRGINIA. 

In this State the small number of Confederate soldiers who died 
while prisoners of war were found to have been buried at Harpers 
Ferry, at Martinsburg at New Creek (Keyser), at Clarksburg, and 
at Wheeling. 

HARPERS FERRY. 

The records show that two Confederate soldiers died at this place, 
but after diligent inquiry by correspondence and otherwise, their 
graves could not be located. It was the belief of the man who 
removed the Federal dead from Harpers Ferry, livbig near Harpers 
Ferry at the time of inquiry, that the remains of these Confederates 
had been taken away by Confederate memorial associations, but 
to what place he could not remember nor has it been ascertained. 



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MARTINSBXJRG. 

One Confederate soldier is reported as having died here as a 
prisoner of war, and his grave was located in Green Hill Cemetery 
and marked by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at Martins- 
burg. 

NEW CREEK (keYSER). 

Four Confederate soldiers are reported as having died here in the 
military hospital as prisoners of war, but their graves could not be 
located. It is probable that their remains were taken with the 
Federal dead to Grafton, this State, and reburied in the national 
cemetery as unknown dead, as none of the remains removed from 
New Creek could be identified. 

CLARKSBURG. 

One Confederate soldier is re])orted as having died here and 
buried in the hospital cemetery, but as this cemetery was no longer 
in existence, the probability is that his remains were taken to Grafton 
with the Federal dead and reburied in the National cemetery as an 
unknown. 

WHEELING. 

The names of two citizens and one designated as ''C. S. A." appear 
on the records as having died at this place as Confederate prisoners 
of war, but their graves were not located. 

OHIO. 

The remains of Confederate officers and soldiers who died in this 
State while prisoners of war were found to have been buried in the 
city cemetery at Columbus; in the Confederate cemetery at Camp 
Chase near Columbus; at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati; in the 
Pine Street Cemetery at Gallipolis; and on Johnsons Island near 
Sandusky. 

COLUMBUS CITY CEMETERY— CAMP CHASE CONFEDERATE CEMETERY. 

The remains of Confederate soldiers who, while prisoners of war at 
Camp Chase, died prior to the establishment of the Camp Chase 
Confederate Cemetery in the latter part of 1863, were buried in the 
city cemetery at Columbus. These were later removed to the Confed- 
erate cemetery. 

In the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery near Columbus the 
graves of the Confederate dead were found unmarked, but easily 
located by the aid of a plat on file in the office of the adjutant general 
of the State of Ohio at Columbus, which was made under the au- 
thority of the governor of Ohio in 1866. 

The remains of 31 Confederate soldiers who died at Camp Dennison 
were also removed to this cemetery shortly after the close of the war. 

The cemetery had not been receiving any special care, and it was 
necessary to grade it in certain places. The sowing of grass seed and 
the trimming of trees was also done. 

It is inclosed by a stone wall, which was rebuilt a few years before 
the passage of the act for the marking of the graves. This wall was 
covered with a flat stone coping, which afforded very little protection 



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to the cemetery from trespassers and intruders, so that a small 
wrought iron fence was placed on top of the wall by this office as an 
additional protection. 

Headstones were also furnished for all the unmarked graves in the 
cemetery, as several had already been marked by friends. 

The title to this cemetery, having an area of about 2 acres, had 
been acquired by the United States prior to this act. 

The register for this cemetery shows 2,247 known and 1 unknown, 
of which number 83 were citizens and 35 removed. 

The expenditures in connection with the furnishing and placing of 
the headstones, the placing of the iron fence, and the grading, seeding,, 
and caretaking of the cemetery amount to $9,909.98. 

CAMP DENNISON, NEAR CINCINNATI. 

The remams of 3 1 Confederate prisoners of war were removed from 
this place to the Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery and are included 
in that number. 

PINE STREET CEMETERY, GALLIPOLIS. 

Four graves of Confederate soldiers who died at this place while 
prisoners of war were located in a section of this cemetery, and their 
graves have been marked with marble headstones. 

The expenditures in connection with the furnishing and setting of 
these headstones amount to S19.97. 

JOHNSONS ISLAND, NEAR SANDUSKY. 

This prison was located on Johnsons Island, opposite Sandusky, 
and was used more particularly for the confinement of Confederate 
officers. The remains of those who died were buried near the prison, 
and the graves seem to have been marked at the time of burial by 
wooden headboards. In 1866 a plat of the graves was made under 
the direction of the governor of Ohio and the same placed on file in 
the office of the adjutant general of the State of Ohio at Columbus. 

No special care seems to have been taken of these graves until a 
number of Georgia farmers, fruit growers, and newspaper men visited 
the island in 1899 and arranged for the placing of headstones at the 
graves. 

Subsequent to this the Robert Patton Chapter, United Daughters 
of the Confederacy, solicited funds and purchased the cemetery. 

Later stiU, or in 1910, they erected a monument immediately in 
front of the cemetery, facing Lake Erie, and it was their intention 
to inclose the cemetery and its approach with a permanent inclosure, 
as no inclosure of a permanent character had ever been placed 
around this cemetery. This office is not advised, however, whether 
this has been done. A request had been made to the War Depart- 
ment for the United States to furnish this inclosure, but the owners, 
mentioned above, refused to convey the title to the cemetery to the 
United States, and in the absence of a controlling ownership by the 
United States, the department was compelled to tlecline the request. 

The register for this cemetery shows 246 names, of which number 
20 were citizens, and 22 removed. 

No expenditures, other than traveling expenses, were uicurred. 



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INDIANA. 

In this State tlie remains of Confederate soldiers who died while 
prisoners of war were found to have been buried in Greenlawn Cem- 
etery, Indianapolis; at Thorntown; in Greenbush Cemetery, Lafa- 
yette; in Woodlawn Cemetery, Terre Haute; in Oak Hill Cemetery, 
Evansville; and in Fairview Cemetery, New Albany. (See also 
Eastern Cemetery, Jeffersonville.) 

CONFEDERATE SECTION, GREENLAWN CEMETERY, INDIANAPOLIS. 

Greenlawn Cemetery was the burial place for the remains of the 
soldiers of both the Federal and Confederate Armies who died at 
Camp Morton, and the section wherein the soldiers' remains were 
buried was immediately south of the Terre Haute & Indianapolis 
Railroad tracks. Shortly after the interment of these remains the 
railroad company became desirous of obtaining the ground occupied 
by these graves for roundhouse and yard purposes. It also appears 
that the United States was not in possession of the title to the ground 
occupied by these graves, but simply paid a certain sum each for the 
privilege of burying the dead, and it was in consequence of this that 
the Government removed the remains of the Federal dead to a sec- 
tion in Crown Hill Cemetery, 

Several years after that the above-named railroad company, after 
having acquired the title to the unsold portions of Greenlawn Ceme- 
tery, agreed with the United States authorities to donate to the 
United States a number of lots in this cemetery farther south from 
where the Confederate dead were buried, and also agreed to transfer 
the remains to this new location. 

Whether or not it was possible to identify the remains of the 
Confederate dead at the time of this removal has not been ascer- 
tained, but the commissioner found it utterly impossible to identify 
the individual graves in the new section, and from the space desig- 
nated in the conveyance from the railroad company to the United 
States, about a half acre, it is doubtful whether they were reburied 
in single graves. 

Under these circumstances it was determined to mark the graves 
by the means of a central structure, and a granite monument about 
25 feet high and 27 feet wide has been erected in said section, on 
which 6 bronze tablets have been placed, showing the names and 
commands of 1,616 Confederate soldiers reported as having died at 
Camp Morton. 

A quitclaim deed from the Vandalia Railroad Co., the successor 
to the Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Co., to the United 
States has been executed for such paths, driveway, and additional 
lots as were contained within the boundary of the former conveyance. 

The Confederate section was also inclosed with a wrought-iron 
fence, and the section graded and seeded. 

It was also deemed advisable to plant a number of trees and 
shrubs back of the monument to form a screen, the background to 
the monument being composed of a number of sheds and a board 
fence, none of which were in keeping with the improvements in the 
cemetery. 

The register for this cemetery shows 1,616 soldiers and 22 citizens. 



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The expenditures in Greenlawn Cemetery amount to $6,584.27. 

THORNTOWN CEMETERY. 

One grave was located in this cemetery, being that of a Confeder- 
ate who, while being transported to Camp Douglas as a prisoner of 
war, attempted to escape and was shot by the guards. A headstone 
has been furnished for this grave, and 'Mr. J. A. Ball, living at Thorn- 
town and a veteran of the Seventy-second Indiana Volunteers, 
located the grave and, at his own request, placed the headstone. 

The expenditures in connection with the furnishing of the head- 
stone and the freight charges on the same amount to $3.84. 

GREENBUSH CEMETERY, LAFAYETTE. 

It appears that in the early part of 1862 about 700 Confederate 
soldiers were brought to Lafayette and there confined as prisoners 
of war. While thus held a number of them were taken sick, and 
some died and were buried in this cemetery. The register recording 
their burial seems to have been destroyed by a fire a few years there- 
after and no definite record was available. However, by the means 
of newspaper articles and the recollections of the older citizens of 
Lafayette it was determined that 28 Confederate soldiers were buried 
in one section of this cemetery, but their individual graves could not 
be identified. 

Individual headstones to the number of 28, and inscribed "Un- 
known, C. S. A.," have been furnished for these graves. This method 
of marking was adopted so as to conform to that used by the Quar- 
termaster's Department in markmg the graves of 22 Federal soldiers 
buried immediately next to the Confederates, and whose graves were 
also impossible of identification. 

The expenditures under this oflice amounted to $129.06. 

WOODLAWN CEMETERY, TERRE HAUTE. 

A number of Confederate soldiers and citizens died also at Terre 
Haute under circumstances sunilar to those at La Fayette, and their 
remains were buried in this cemetery. The exact location of the 

f raves could not be established, but a granite monument, with three 
ronze tablets showing the names and commands of 11 Confederate 
soldiers, together with a general inscription in reference thereto, has 
been erected in the cemetery, and a deed for the monument site has 
been furnished to the United States by the cemetery association. 

The register sliows the names of 2 citizens in addition to the names 
of the 11 soldiers shown on the monument. 
The expenditures in connection with this work amount to $300. 

OAK HILL CEMETERY, EVANSVILLE. 

It was also found to be impossible to locate the graves of the 
Confederate soldiers who, while prisoners of war, died at this place 
and were buried in this cemetery. 

The register for the cemetery records their burials, but is lacking 
in information as to the location of the graves. 

A few years ago the C^onfederate associations in Evansville pur- 
chased a lot and erected thereon a monument to the memory of these 



16 EEPOBT OF COMMISSIONER Fi)R MARKING CONFEDERATE GRAVES. 

Confederate dead, but the names of the dead did not appear on the 
monument. However, at the request of the United Daughters of the 
Confederacy at Evansville, this office furnished a new base for tlieir 
monument and phiced thereon a bronze tablet showing the names 
and commands of the 24 Confederate sokliers shown to have died at 
Evansville and were buried in this cemetery. 

The expenditures in connection with this alteration amount S391. 

FAIRVIEW CEMETERY, NEW ALBANY. 

The records of this cemetery show that four Confederate soldiers 
were buried therein. 

There is a private headstone to one of the dead still in this ceme- 
tery, but as to the other three it was not ascertained whether their 
remains were still there or whether they were taken to the national 
cemetery with the Federal dead, no record having been found in 
either cemetery shoAong the exact location of the graves in question. 

EASTERN CEMETERY, JEFFERSONVILLE. 

The officials of this cemetery called the attention of the commis- 
sioner to the fact that there was a rumor current that on the night 
of December 31, 1863, while a trainload of Confederate prisoners 
were being transported to the military prisons at Indianapolis and 
elsewhere, and on account of a sudden (h'op in the temperature, six 
of their number died on board the train from the effects of the cold. 
The cemetery association also stated that it was their understanding 
that the I'cnuiins of these soldiers were burietl in a certain section in 
their cemetery, but that tlieir graves had never been marked. They 
also requested that the Government purchase the lot in question. 
After diligent inquiry and an examination of the records available, 
none having been found in the War Department, it was decided that 
the information concerning this matter was too indefinite to warrant 
the expenditures requested. 

ILLINOIS. 

In this State the remains of Confederate prisoners of war were- 
found to have been buried at several })laces in Chicago; in the Con- 
federate cemetery, Rock Island; in the national cemetery, Camp 
Butler; in the Confederate cemetery, Alton; in the National ceme- 
tery at Mound City; and at Cairo. (See Mound City for Cairo.) 

CONFEDERATE MOUND, OAKWOODS CEMETERY, CHICAGO. 

This mound is the present burial place of the remains of the Con- 
federate dead originally buried in the city cemetery and also near the 
smallpox hospital at Camp Douglas, It was first occupied in 1866, 
when the remains from the latter burial ground were removed, and 
the following year those buried in the city cemetery were also 
removed. 

No evidence was found showing that the remains from the smallpox 
hospital were capable of identification at the time of removal, but 
those from the city cemetery were reburied in single graves and their 
location noted on the cemetery records. 



REPORT OF COMMISSIONER FOR MARKING CONFEDERATE GRAVES. 1? 

This mound is in the form of an eUipse and has been improved 
several times. The individual graves, however, have never been 
marked, but the Confederate associations, under the leadership of 
Gen. John C. Underwood, United Confederate Veterans, commanding 
the division west of the Alleghenies, solicited funds and erected in the 
center of this mound a very handsome granite monument and dedi- 
cated the same in 1896. Again, in 1902, Congress authorized an 
expenditure of $3,850 for raismg this monument and lot, thus giving 
it more the appearance of a mound. Oakwoods Cemetery proper is 
maintained on the lawn-park plan, with a very pleasing enect, and 
the Confederate mound is conceded to be one of the nicest Confeder- 
ate burial places in the North. 

There was opposition to the placing of individual headstones on 
this mound in the House of Representatives during the consideration 
of the bill providing for the marking of the graves of Confederate 
prisoners of war in the North, but no restriction was placed in the bill. 
The commissioner, however, visited Chicago to learn the exact 
situation, and there found that it would likely be possible to locate 
the graves of those whose remains were removed from the city ceme- 
tery, which constituted a large proportion of the total interments, 
but was undecided as to the interments from the smallpox hospital. 

Subsequent to tiie visit of tue comniissiuner it becume necessary 
for Congress to extend the time for the completion of the work 
covered by the act in question, and in doing so expressly provided 
that the same should not apply to this mound. This restriction was 
agam incorporated in a second joint resolution, of Congress, approved 
February 25, 1910, again extending the tune for the completion of 
the work; but by joint resolution approved June 11, 1910, the act 
was made to apply, with the understanding, however, that in the 
marking of these graves it should be done by the means of a sub-base 
to the monument erected by the Confederate associations, and on 
this sub-base were to be placed bronze tablets showing the names 
and commands of all the Confederate dead believed to be buried in 
the mound. 

In accordance with the intention of this joint resolution, the 
monument has been raised, a sub-base of granite inserted, and 16 
bronze tablets attached, in addition to which a concrete walk has 
been placed around the base of the rebuilt monument. 

The bronze tablets referred to contain the names and commands 
of 4,243 known and 32 unknown Confederate soldiers, together with 
a general inscription referring to the raising of the monument; and 
the register for this cemetery shows in addition thereto the names of 
39 citizens and 143 soldiers removed. 

The remains of one Confederate prisoner of war are recorded as 
buried in Calvary Cemetery, Chicago, but his grave could not be 
located. 

Another was designated as buried in the ''Chicago Jewish Cemcr 
tery," but this cemetery was not identified, there being no such 
cemetery in existence at this time. 

The expenditures under this office in connection with this work 
amount to S22,331.19. 

H. Doc. 1105, 62-3 2 



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CONFEDERATE CEMETERY, ROCK ISLAND. 

This cemetery is located on the niihtary reservation of Rock Island, 
and is situated a short distance east of the arsenal buildings. 

By the aid of an accurate plat on file in the office of the commanding 
officer at the arsenal it was possible to locate and identify each indi- 
vidual grave in this cemetery. This plat was made under the direc- 
tion of the then commanding officer at the arsenal in 1871, and while 
the headboards were still standing and legible. Marble headstones 
have been furnished and erected at all the unmarked graves in this 
cemetery, five of the graves having already been marked, either by 
friends or by relatives. 

The cemetery was also graded and seeded, it having been graded at 
the time the plat was made and the headboards destroyed, but 
further sinking of the graves made it necessary to regrade it. 

The cemetery was also inclosed at that time by a chain fence, which 
was found to be in good condition, and because of the cemetery being 
on a military reservation, it was deemed unnecessary to replace it 
with another form of fence. 

A hedge has also been planted along this chain fence. 

The register for this cemetery shows 1,961 names, of which 10 were 
citizens and 10 have been removed. 

The expenditure under this office amounts to $7,875.39. 

CAMP BUTLER NATIONAL CEMETERY, NEAR SPRINGFIELD. 

The Confederate soldiers who died at Camp Butler as prisoners of 
war are buried in the rear half of the national cemetery. A plat show- 
ing the location of the graves was found in the office of the superin- 
tendent, and marble headstones have been placed at each of the un- 
marked graves, there having been three graves previously marked. 

The graves in this cemetery were all leveled years ago, when the 
burial place was established as a national cemetery, and were found 
by the commissioner to be in excellent condition, so that no further 
expense was necessary. 

The register shows 866 names, of which 1 was a citizen. 

The expenditures amount to .$3,481.92. 

CONFEDERATE CEMETERY, ALTON. 

This cemetery is located m the subdivision known as North Alton. 
It was used as a burial place for the penitentiary at Alton prior to the 
removal of the convicts to another place, and when the penitentiary 
was converted into a Federal prison and mihtary hospital the remains 
of those Confederate soldiers who died were buried in this cemetery. 

During a certain portion of the period that this prison was main- 
tained a smallpox hospital camp was located on an island in the Mis- 
sissipjn River opposite Alton, and the remains of those prisoners who 
died there were buried on the island. 

After the closing of the prison, or in 1868, an inspector for national 
cemeteries reported that these graves were being flooded occasionally, 
and he recommended that the remains be removed, but it seems that 
this was never done ; and all evidences of graves have long since dis- 
appeared. Even the location of the burial place on the island is 
doubtful. 



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A number of the graves in the Confederate cemetery were still visi- 
ble, however, but nothing was found by which the same could be 
identified. It appears that the headboards at the graves had been 
renewed on one or two occasions, but no plat seems to have been 
made, and eventually, as the headboards decayed and were not again 
renewed, the identity of the individual graves was lost. 

Every effort was made to identify the individual graves, but with- 
out success, and it was finally determined to mark them collectively 
by the means of a central monument. This monument was built out 
of reenforced concrete, with a granite facing, and stands about 58 feet 
high. A bronze tablet containing a general inscription was placed on 
the shaft of the monument, and six additional bronze tablets, with 
granite foundations, were placed in the slope of the grass mound at 
the base of the monument. 

On these six tablets appear the names and commands of 1,354 Con- 
federate soldiers, being those reported as buried in the Confederate 
cemetery, together with those who died on Smallpox Island. In addi- 
tion to these soldiers, the register shows the names of 230 citizens, 
7 soldiers removed, and 50 whose designations were not ascertained, 
making a total of 1,641 names. 

The title to this cemetery was found to be in the Unitetl States. 

A wrought-iron fence has also been erected by this office to inclose 
the cemetery, and in connection therewith the Sam Davis Chapter of 
the United Daughters of the Confederacy at Alton erected a stone 
entrance. 

The cemetery was also plowed, graded, and seeded, and terra-cotta 
sewer pipe has been laid in the several watercourses passing through 
the cemetery. 

The expenditures amount to S7,967.92. 

MOUND CITY NATIONAL CEMETERY. 

In this cemetery were found the graves of 36 Confederate prisoners 
of war who died either at Mound City, at Cairo, or at Patlucah, Ky., 
and were removed to this cemetery shortly after the close of the war. 

Headstones were also found at these graves, but the inscriptions 
did not conform to the provisions of the act. This additional infor- 
mation, however, has been placed on them. 

The register for this cemetery shows, in addition to the names of 
those burieil in the 36 graves referred to above, the names of 2 who 
died at Cairo, 2 at Mound City, and 5 at Paducah, whose graves could 
not be located at either of these places, and are believed to have been 
removed to this national cemetery as unknown dead, a number of the 
remains thus removed not ha\dng been identified. 

The expenditures amount to $102. 

WISCONSIN. 

FOREST HILL CEMETERY, MADISON. 

In this State the only ])lace where deceased Confederate prisoners 
of war were buried is in the Forest Hill Cemetery at Madison. 

The total number of interments in the "Confederate rest" in this 
cemetery is 140 (Confederates. 

This cemetery is controlled by the authorities of the city of Madison, 
and the "Confederate rest" was set apart by them for the special 



20 EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER FOB MARKING CONFEDERATE GRAVES. 

purpose of biir3dng the remains of deceased Confederate prisoners of 
war. Up to the time of her death, in 1897, Mrs. Ahce W. Waterman 
interested herself very much in the care of these graves, and through 
her efforts had the section inclosed with a substantial stone coping, 
and also had the wooden headboards renewed from time to time, so 
that it was a very simple matter to place marble headstones at the 
graves. 

The remains of Mrs. Waterman are also buried within this inclosure, 
and the grave has been marked with a granite marker furnished by 
the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who have also erected 
within this "Confederate rest" a very appropriate granite monument 
to the Confederate dead. The city of Madison has taken care of this 
section since the death of Mrs. Waterman. 

The expenditures under this office amount to $558.20, 

KENTUCKY. 

Tlie remains of Confederate soldiers wdio died while prisoners of 
war were found to have been buried in tliis State in Linden Grove 
Cemetery, Covington; in the Lexington Cemetery; in the Camp Nel- 
son National Cemetery and at Nicholasville ; in the Danville Cem- 
etery; in Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg; in the Perry ville 
Cemetery; on the Goodknight farm, near Perryville; in Cave Hill 
Cemetery, Louisville; in the Bowling Green Cemetery, and at 
Paducah. 

LINDEN GROVE CEMETERY, COVINGTON. 

The remains of Confederate prisoners of war who died at Covington 
have been reburied in a separate section in this cemetery and their 
graves marked by headstones furnished by the Confederate veterans. 

The register shows 10 names, of which number 2 were removed 
to the Camp Nelson National Cemetery with the Federal dead, and 
so regarded, although their names also appear on the records of 
Confederate dead in the War Department. 

No expenditures. 

LEXINGTON CEMETERY. 

The Confederate soldiers who died at Lexington, either as prisoners 
of war or otherwise, have all been buried in the Confederate section 
of this cemetery and a monument erected over them, on which their 
names appear. In addition to this each grave has a block with a 
number on it corresponding to the number and name on the monu- 
ment. 

The records of the War Department are not complete with respect 
to the number of Confederates who died as prisoners of war. Besides, 
burial has also been made in this section of Confederates who died 
since the period m question, and it was the wish of the Confederate 
Memorial Association of Lexington that they be permitted to mark 
all of these graves in a uniform manner, rather than that the Gov- 
ernment furnish headstones only for those believed to have died as 
prisoners of war, for which reason no expenditures were made at this 
place. 

The register shows a total of 102 names, of which number 6 were 
citizens. The graves of 5 appearing on the register could not be 
located. 



REPORT OF COMMISSIONER FOR MARKING CONFEDERATE GRAVES. 21 

CAMP NELSON NATIONAL CEMETERY AND NICHOLASVILLE. 

The remains of Confederate prisoners of war originally buried in 
the Camj) Nelson Ntitional Cemetery were all removed, either to the 
Confederate lot in the cemetery at Nicholasville, or elsewhere — pos- 
sibly to their homes — and, with the exception of the two graves 
removed from Covington and supposed to be Confederate soldiers, 
there are no graves of Confederates in the national cemetery. 

In the cemetery at Nicholasville the Confederate dead are buried 
in a separate section, and the graves marked with granite markers, 
which work was performed through the efforts of the Confederate 
associations. 

The register shows 37 names, of which number 7 have not been 
located. 

DANVILLE CEMETERY. 

It was not possible to determme with exactness the number of 
Confederate soldiers who died at Dan^alle as prisoners of war, but 
all the Confederate dead there are buried in one section, both pris- 
oners of war and those who died in Confederate hospitals while the 
city was under the control of the Confederate authorities; and as all 
the graves had been marked with Indiana lunestone markers fur- 
nished by local subscription, no further expenditures were deemed 
necessary. 

The register shows 68 names of soldiers who died either in Federal 
or Confederate military hospitals. 

SPRING HILL CEMETERY, HARRODSBURG. 

The remains of Confederate soldiers who died at Harrodsburg are 
buried in several different lots in this cemetery, but, with the excep- 
tion of three graves, none of them could be identified. On a lot, 
designated as the Confederate lot, in which 23 unmarked graves were 
found, only one could be indentified. On the Masonic lot 5 unmarked 
graves of Confederates were found, but none could be identified. 
The burial register at the cemetery designates a less number as having 
been buried on this lot, but headstones were furnished for the full 
number in the absence of detailed information. On Mrs. Thompson's 
lot two graves were located and identified; and on Mrs. Garnett's 
lot two graves were located but not identified. Headstones to the 
number of 32 have been furnished for these graves, being inscribed 
in full where the grave was identified; and where not identified, the 
inscriptions on the headstones are "Unknown, C. S. A." 

The register shows a total of 102 names, of which number 3 were 
removed, and 76 not located even as to locality of burial, although 
claimed to have died at Harrodsburg. The records of the War 
Department are not complete with respect to the mortality of prisoners 
of war at Harrodsburg. 

The expenditures amount to $164.2.5. 

PERRYVILLE. 

The grave of one Confederate officer who died as a prisoner of war 
was located in the cemetery at Perryville, and a headstone has been 
furnished for it. 



22 EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER FOR MARKING UONFEDERATE GRAVES. 

There is also a grave of a Confederate soldier on the Williams farm, 
but the same was marked years ago by a headstone furnished by his 
friends. 

The graves of two others reported as having died at Perryville 
as prisoners of war could not be located. 

In addition to the above it was ascertained that in the burial 
ground on the Goodknight farm near Perryville, a number of Con- 
federate soldiers died while held as prisoners of war, but as the names 
of the dead could not be ascertained, nor the graves identified, the 
spot has simply been marked with a marble marker, containing an 
inscription to the effect that it was erected by the United States to 
mark the burial place of an unascertained number of Confederate 
soldiers said to have died at the Goodknight farmhouse from wounds 
received in the i attle of Perryville, October 8, 1862, whose graves 
can not now be indentified, and whose names are unknown. 

The expenditures in connection with the headstone at Perryville, 
and the marker on the Goodknight farm amount to $337.89. 

CONFEDERATE LOT, CAVE HILL CEMETERY, AND CAVE HILL NATIONAL CEMETERY, 

LOUISVILLE. 

The Confederate soldiers who died at Louisville, while prisoners of 
war, were found buried in both the Confederate lot and in the National 
cemetery. Those in the Confederate lot had already been marked 
with headstones, but 33 new headstones were furnished for the Con- 
federate soldiers' graves in the national cemetery. 

The Confederate lot is controlled by the Confederate veterans of 
Louisville, but permission was granted by them to have the mscrip- 
tions on the headstones enlarged or corrected, and this was done in 
accordance with the list as verified by the Confederate archives in 
the War Department. 

The register shows 280 known and 3 unknown, of which number 1 1 
are citizens. The number located m the Confederate lot is 228; 
removed, 5; national cemetery, 43; and 7 not located. 

The expenditures in connection with this work amount to $238.18. 

BOWLING GREEN. 

The names of four Confederate soldiers are recorded as having died 
at Bowling Green as prisoners of war, but as their graves could not 
be identified, and the Confederate associations having erected a 
monument to all their dead buried in this cemetery (practically all 
of them buried in unidentified graves), no expenditures were incurred. 

PADUCAH. 

The records show that six Confederate soldiers died at Paducah as 
prisoners of war. The remains of one of these are now buried in the 
national cemetery at Mound City, 111., and the grave has been iden- 
tified in that cemetery. 

The remains of another of the soldiers included in the list were 
removed by relatives to St. Johns, this State, and there buried in the 
local cemetery. The others on the list were not located, but it is 
probable that they were taken to the Mound City National Cemetery 
with the Federal dead as unknown, a large proportion of the remains 
from Paducah not beins: identifiable. 



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IOWA. 

In the national cemetery at Keokuk, tJie only place in this State, 
were found the graves of eight Confederate soldiers who, while prisoners 
of war, died at that place, and as their graves had already been 
marked \vith headstones, the only thing required of this office in con- 
nection with them was to change the inscriptions on the headstones, 
making tliem conform to the provisions of the law; and this was done 
at an expenditure of $23.85. 

MISSOURI. 

In this State the remains of deceased Confederate prisoners of war 
were buried in Wesleyan and Christ Church Cemeteries, St. Louis; on 
Arsenal Island, in the Mississippi River opposite St. Louis; in the 
Jefferson BaiTacks National Cemetery; and in the city cemetery, 
Kansas City. (See also Jefferson City.) 

JEFFERSON BARRACKS NATIONAL CEMETERY. 

Several places of burial of (Confederate dead in St. Louis and vicinity 
are indicated above, but the national cemetery at Jefferson Barracks 
was tlie only cemetery in that vicinity where any graves of (Confederate 
prisoners of war were found by the commissioner. Practically all of 
those who died subsequent to March, 1863, were originally buried 
in this cemetery; but prior to that time interments were made in the 
cemeteries at St. Louis. These, however, were removed, either to 
Jefferson Barracks, or elsewhere — presumably to tJieir homes. At 
least no trace of their remains can be found in the Wesleyan Cemetery 
of the present day. Even the location of this cemetery has been 
changed twice since these burials were originally made therehi. 

The graves in the national cemetery were all marked with head- 
boards and easily located. 

The records for the smallpox dead on Arsenal Island are rather 
indefinite as to the number of Confederate soldiers who died there as 
prisoners of war, and when removal was made to the national ceme- 
tery of the remains of both the Federal and Confederate dead from 
this island, few of the graves could be identified, and all are buried 
in a separate section of the national cemetery, each grave being 
marked with a square block of marble showing the number of the 
grave. 

Headstones have been furnished for all the graves which could be 
identified, but as the law was not broad enough at the time to cover 
the cost of marking the graves of the 160 citizen prisoners of war 
buried with the Confederate soldiers, the Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment requested that these additional graves be also marked with the 
same style of headstone as furnished for the Confederate soldiers, 
which was done, and this appropriation has been reimbursed for the 
same out of an appropriation for the Quartermaster's Department 
covering the cost, amounting to $473.60. 

The register for this cemetery shows a total of 1,244 known and 15 
unknown, of which number 204 were citizens. The total number of 
graves located in the national cemetery was 1,090 known and 15 
unknown, in addition to which the names of 40 removed by friends 
or relatives are included; also 79 reported as having died at St. Louis 



24 REPOET OF COMMISSIONER FOR MARKING CONFEDERATE GRAVES. 

and their graves not located; as well as 18 reported as havino^ died 
from smallpox, but no place of burial indicated other than St. Louis; 
and 17 shown to have been buried on the island. 
The expenditure amounted to $4,179.85. 

JEFFERSON CITY. 

A Confederate soldier confined in the military prison at St. Louis 
through an error was sent to the penitentiary at Jefferson City, and 
before the same was discovered this prisoner of war was stricken 
with spotted fever. He died later on and was buried in the peni- 
tentiary graveyard, where his grave can no longer be located and 
identified. 

His name appears on the register for Jefferson Barracks National 
Cemetery as follows: ''Gilley, William, Sgt., Co. E, Monroe's 1 Ark. 
Cav. Died March 20, 1865, and buried in pgnitentiary graveyard, 
Jefferson City." 

UNION CEMETERY, KANSAS CITY. 

It was to this cemetery that removal was made of the remains of 
the 15 Confederate soldiers who, while prisoners of war, died at Kan- 
sas City and were buried in the city cemetery; but as no record was 
available showing the location of their individual graves, the spot 
was marked collectively by means of a small granite monument, on 
which have been placed two bronze tablets giving the names and 
commands of the dead, together with an appropriate general inscrip- 
tion in reference thereto. A deed for the monument site has also 
been obtained. 

The expenditure in connection therewith amounted to $315. 

KANSAS. 

The only places in this State where any graves of Confederate 

Erisoners of war were found are in the national cemeteries at Fort 
leavenworth and Fort Scott. 

FORT LEAVENWORTH NATIONAL CEMETERY. 

In this cemetery were found the graves of seven Confederate sol- 
diers who, while prisoners of war, died at Fort Leavenworth, and as 
their graves had already been marked with headstones, the only thing 
necessary to be done was to enlarge the inscriptions so as to conform 
to the provisions of the law, which was done at an expense of $16.95. 

FORT SCOTT NATIONAL CEMETERY. 

The number of graves m this cemetery of Confederate soldiers 
who while prisoners of war died at Fort Scott, was found to be 14, and 
these graves had also been marked, so that the only expense necessary 
in connection therewith was to enlarge the inscriptions, entailing an 

expenditure of $32.52. 

■i 

NEW MEXICO. 

In the national cemetery at Santa Fe five graves of Confederate 
soldiers were located, and while the records are not complete with 
respect to their deaths it is presumed that they died while prisoners 
of war. 



REPORT OF COMMISSIONER FOR MARKING CONFEDERATE GRAVES. 25 

Headstones were also found at their graves, and with an expenditure 
of $14.10 the inscriptions thereon were made to conform to tlie law. 

GENERAL REMARKS. 

In connection with this report I deem it appropriate to repeat a 

gortion of the second progress report of my predecessor, Col. William 
llliott, dated* May 28, 1907, wherein he reported with respect to the 
places which he had visited and was able to locate the graves, and 
then with respect to those graves not located, he stated as follows: 

As to the remainder of the places visited, many of them, and especially those con- 
taining large numbers of dead, present most serious difficulties of identifying the 
individual graves, caused by the lapse of over 40 years since their interment, the 
decaying of wooden headboards, and other causes. It will require much tedious 
work in finding and examining old records, and in making investigations in many 
directions, in order to clear up these doubts; work of that kind already done has 
produced gratifying results. Nothing will be left undone to carry out the chief 
kindly purpose of the act — to mark with an enduring memorial the last resting place 
of these poor fellows whose lives went out in the gloom and sorrow of prison life. 

The difficulties surrounding the execution of the act only serve to emphasize the 
wisdom of Congress in legislating on the subject. 

As to the condition of the graves, apart from the identification of individual ones, I 
will say that wherever they are in national cemeteries the dead could not possibly lie 
in more beautiful resting places; that as to the other cemeteries, while the graves have 
not, of course, received the same attention as in national cemeteries, they are, almost 
without exception, safe from disturbance and are generally in like condition as in 
similar cemeteries elsewhere. 

It is most gratifying to be able to say that I found it the general custom everywhere 
to decorate the graves of the Confederate dead on the appropriate day, and that the 
Grand Army posts are conspicuous in thus honoring the brave men whom they faced 
on so many bloody fields. What a priceless heritage it is to both sides in that terrible 
struggle that the survivors should go down into their honored graves, not only without 
malice in their hearts, but in the very fullness of brotherly love and charity. 

Most helpful, too, wherever there was need of it, were the people of the communities 
among whom my work lay, citizens of all classes and sympathies volunteering informa- 
tion to solve difficult problems, the existence of which was made known through the 
kindly aid of the press; ladies sometimes traveling long distances to add their stock 
of knowledge. 

By the department's construction that the words in the act ' 'who died in Federal 
prisons and military hospitals in the North," excluded all those prisoners who died 
and were buried within the States that seceded from the Union, the number of those 
whose graves are to be cared for has been reduced from 28,932 to 25,417. 

It vdW be observed from the foregoing that Col. Elliott realized after 
these preliminary investigations the difficulties that would be en- 
countered in a]3propriately marldng the graves of a large proportion 
of those included within the provisions of the act. 

The method of marking the graves at the time of interment seems 
to have been by the means of wooden headboards placed at the head 
of each grave; but unless these headboards were renewed frequently, 
or a plat made of the location of the graves while their identity could 
still be ascertained, there was no hope of marking the graves individu- 
ally, for the reason that the wooden headboards would shortly become 
illegible; and in some cases the headboards were wantonly destroyed 
by outside parties. 

A determined effort on the part of the commissioner was made to 
locate the individual graves at such places as Greenla\vn Cemetery, 
Indianapolis, Ind.; Confederate cemetery, Alton, 111.; national 
cemetery, Finn's Point, N. J.; and Confederate cemetery, Point 
Lookout, Md., but without success; and Gen. Gates then took up the 
matter with the then Secretary of War, suggesting that he be per- 
mitted to mark the graves at each of these places by the means of 



26 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER FOR MARKING CONFEDERATE GRAVES. 

a central structure or monument and place thereon bronze tablets 
giving the same data as to each soldier as would appear on individual 
headstones were it possible to identify the graves. This method 
was approved by Mr. Secretary Wright, and he expressed the opinion 
that while the plan might not be exactly within the letter of the law, 
he believed it to be fully within the spirit thereof. 

The work then proceeded along the line of this suggestion until it 
was questioned by the accounting officers of the Treasury Depart- 
ment, who were disposed to regard the act of March 9, 1906, as 
mandatory in its requirements with respect to the manner in which 
the marking of the graves should be executed and to hold that the 
statute authorized the erection of white marble headstones only, 
excluding the interpretation that where such execution was found to 
be impossible by reason of the destruction of the means of identifica- 
tion, whereupon the Secretary of War requested Congress for per- 
mission to resort to any other method of marking the places where 
the bodies of the Confederate prisoners of war were buried, and this 
authoritv was granted in the joint resolution approved December 23, 
1910 (36 Stat. L., 1453). House Report No. 1753 and Senate Report 
No. 928, Sixty-first Congress, third session, give a very clear report 
on this phase of the work. 

As to the other matters referred to in Col. Elliott's report, I am 
glad to state that I found the same spirit present and similar condi- 
tions existing at the different places as referred to by him. 

The statement accompanying this report, marked "Appendix A," 
shows the number of known and unknown dead shown by the registers 
required by law to be prepared, being 25,458 known and 102 unkiiown, 
or a total of 25,560. This, however, does not include those who died 
at Gettysburg, Pa., and whose remains were later taken South, nor 
those who died in Washington, D. C, and were buried in the national 
cemetery at Arlington, Va., either at the time of death or by sub- 
sequent removal thereto; nor does the statement show the number 
of graves located, citizens, removals, etc., but this information is 
given in detail under the report of operations for each cemetery. 
The registers referred to have all been made and distributed as directed 
in the act. 

The care, protection, and maintenance of Confederate burial plats 
owned by the United States and located and known by the following 
designations: Confederate cemetery, North Alton, 111.; Confederate 
cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio; Confederate section, Green- 
lawn Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; Confederate cemetery. Point 
Lookout, Md.; and Confederate cemetery. Rock Island 111., together 
with the Confederate mound in Oakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, 111., 
has been provided for in the sundry civil act, fiscal year 1913, and it 
is believed that future Congresses will make similar provision. 

Title to several tracts of land has been acquired, as follows: Con- 
federate cemetery. Point Lookout, Md.; paths, driveway, and addi- 
tional lots in Greenlawn Cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind.; monument 
site, Woodlawn Cemetery, Terra Haute, Ind.; monument site. Union 
Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo. The consideration in each of these 
transfers was a nominal one, and the only expenses necessary were 
for services in connection with the title papers. 

The amount of $200,000, appropriated by the act of March 9, 1906, 
was increased by a Treasury settlement $473.60, and also by a repay- 
ment of 50 cents for jurat fees, making the total amount available 



REPORT OF COMMISSIONER FOR MARKING CONFEDERATE GRAVES. 27 

$200,474.10. The expenditures for the work amount to $149,020.09, 
leaving an unexpended bahince of $51,454.01, as shown by the accom- 
panying statement, marked "Appendix B." 

There is also an unexpired period of two months in the last exten- 
sion of the act which was available for this work, but it was pos- 
sible to close it up before the expiration of the law. 

Tlie records of the office have been transferred to the Quartermaster 
Corps and the property purchased has been turned over to the Supply 
Division of the War Department. 

Respectfully submitted. 

James H. Berry, Commissioner. 



Appendix A. 

List of Confederate dead as shown by the registers Jar the different cemeteries, giving the 
number oj known and unknown. 



Place. 



Name of cemetery. 



Known. 



Un- 
known. 



Total. 



Alton, HI 

Annapolis, Md. 
Baltimore, Md . 



Barryville, N. Y 

Bowling Green, Ky 

Brooklyn, N. Y 

Camp Butler, 111 

Chicago, 111 , 

Clarksbm-g, W . Va 

Chambersbrug, Pa , 

Columbus, Ohio 

Covington, Ky 

Cumberland, Md 

Danville, Ky 

Elmira, N. Y 

Evansville, Ind 

Finns Point, N. J 

Fort Leavenwirth, Kans 

Fort Scott, Kans 

Fort Warren, Boston, Mass. 

Frederick, Md 

Gallipolis, Ohio 

Harpers Ferry, W. Va 

Harrisburg, Pa 

HarroQsburg, Ky 

Indianapolis, Jnd 

Jefferson Barracks, Mo 

Jefferson City, Mo 

Johnson's Island, Ohio 

Kansas City, Mo 

Keokuk, Iowa 

Lafayette, Ind 

Lexington, Ky 

Louisville, Ky 



Madison, Wis 

Martinsburg, W. Va 

Mound City, 111 

New Albany, Ind 

New Creek, W. Va 

Nicholasville, Ky 

Perry viUe, Ky i . 



PhUadelphia, Pa 

Pittsburgh, Pa 

Point Lookout, Md. 

Rock Island, 111 

Santa Fe, N. Mex.., 
Terre Haute, Ind... 

Thomtown, Ind 

Washington, D. C. 



Wheeling, W. Va . 



Confederate cemetery 

National cemetery 

Loudon Park National Cemetery and 
Confederate lot. 

Church cemetery 

Fairview Cemetery 

Cypress Hills National Cemetery 

National cemetery 

Oak Woods Cemetery 

(See Grafton National Cemetery) 



Total. 



Camp Chase Confederate Cemetery 

Linden Grove Cemetery , 

Rose Hill Cemetery 

Danville Cemetery 

Woodlawja National Cemetery 

Oak Hill Cemetery 

National cemetery , 

....do 

....do 

Deer Island Military Cemetery 

Mount Olivet Cemetery , 

Pine Street Cemetery 

(See Grafton National Cemetery) 

City Cemetery 

Spring Hill Cemetery 

Greenlawn Cemetery 

National cemetery 

Penitentiary graveyard 

Confederate cemetery 

Union cemetery 

National cemetery 

Greenbush Cemetery 

Lexington Cemetery 

Cave Hill National Cemetery and 
Confederate lot. 

Forest Hill Cemetery 

Green HUl Cemetery 

National Cemetery 

Fairview Cemetery 

(See Grafton National Cemetery) 

Confederate lot 

PerryvUle Cemetery and Goodknight 
Farm. 

National, MountMoriah, andGlenwood 

Alleghany Cemetery 

Confederate cemetery 

do 

National cemetery 

Woodlawn Cemetery 

Thomtown Cemetery 

Rock Creek, Congressional, and Mount 
Olivet. 

(See Grafton (W. Va.) National Ceme- 
tery.) 



1,641 

11 

251 

2 

4 

.510 

866 

4,42,5 

1 

1 

2,247 

10 

6 

68 

3,015 

24 

2,475 

7 

14 

13 

282 

4 

2 

13 

102 

1, 638 

1,244 

1 

246 

15 

8 

28 

102 

280 

140 
1 

45 
4 
4 

37 
4 



15 

3,429 

1,961 

4 

13 

1 

33 



25,458 



102 



1,641 

11 

256 

2 

4 

515 

866 

4,457 

1 

1 

2,248 

10 

6 

68 

3,022 

24 

2,475 

7 

14 

13 

311 

4 

2 

13 

102 

1,638 

1,259 

1 

246 

15 

8 

28 
102 
283 

140 
1 

45 
4 
4 

37 
4 

212 

IS 

3,430 

1,961 

4 

13 

1 

33 



25,560 



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Appendix B. 

Statement showing amount available Jor the locating and marking oj the graves of Con- 
jederate soldiers and sailors who died in northern prisons and the expenditures in con- 
nection with the work. 

Amount appropriated by act of Mar. 9, 1906 $200, 000. 00 

Treasury settlement No. 9941, Nov. 30, 1909, reimburse- • 
ment for headstones furnished to Quartermaster's Depart- 
ment for Jefferson Barracks (Mo.) National Cemetery 473. 60 

Repayment of jurat fees in travel accounts of the clerk to 
the commissioner for January and May, 1912 .50 

Total amount available $200, 474. 10 . 

Expenditures: 

Headstones, monuments, and fences 95, 418. 63 

Freight on headstones 5, 708. 78 

Cleaning, grading, and draining cemeteries, and plant- 
ing trees and shrubs 3, 268. 17 

Hauling and setting headstones and cutting inscriptions 

on existing headstones 3, 849. 59 

Inspecting monuments, headstones, fences, grading and 

draining, and surveying 1, 772. 89 

Office expenses — 

Salaries ; $35, 824. 18 

Traveling expenses 2,112.24 

Supplies 398.48 

-^—^ ;— 38, 334. 90 

Advertising for headstone proposals and printing in- 
scription lists, letterheads, etc 521. 46 

Abstracting title, preparing and recording deeds, affi- 
davits to contracts for returns office, etc 70. 45 

Telegraph, telephone, and express charges 75. 22 

149,020.09 

Unexpended balance 51. 454. 01 

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